Archive May, 2007

On May 23rd at the DGA Theatre in New York City, Shoot magazine debuted its fifth annual New Directors Showcase reel. The reel reflects the work of 30 helmers—25 individual directors, a three-person team and a directorial duo. The reel is now available online for viewing here.

Placebo has just released this video for the song “Running Up That Hill” (a Kate Bush song for those of us that remember the 80s clearly). Placebo fans were asked to send in videos of themselves singing the song and editor Ara H. Keshishian put 90 tapes together to create this video. I think it’s amazing (Placebo has some cool & creative fans) & blows all the “consumer-generated TV commercial” work out of the water. Executive Producer for the Capitol Music Group is Justin Glorieux.

I love director Ringan Ledwidge’s work (see Getting Dressed and Dangerous Liaisons) and this new spot for Orange is full of the same whimsical qualities that make it so appealing to me. Agency is Fallon, London. Production company is Rattling Stick, London. Shot in South Africa via The Farm, Cape Town. Scooped from Boards.

Although this spot received a lot of press when it first came out in late 2006, I never saw it until the Bessie Awards in Toronto last month. I have no idea where my head was when it was released. But, I’m posting it now because it is so beautiful. Directed by Mark Molloy via Soft Citizen & Furlined; agency is Bensimon Byrne, Toronto; creatives are Siobian Dempsey & Drew Paulter; editiorial by Michelle Czukar at Panic and Bob and music by Human. For more info, see this article in Boards.

Keith McArthur writes about the latest marketing trends, advertising campaigns and industry gossip, both in the print version of Canada’s The Globe and Mail and online in his blog The Hard Sell. Check out his May 10th posting on the “Life’s short. Get a divorce” billboard. Hilarious.

I posted this Adidas spec spot on my blog late last summer. It’s so good & it just won (in a tie) Best Spec Spot at the 2007 AICE awards. Congratulations to director Jerry Brown, EP Marlon Staggs and everyone else at Sticks+Stones.

Here are three new spots for Skittles via TBWA/Toronto and OPC director Jim Hosking (Jim is repped by Biscuit Filmworks state side). Visual effects by Crush, Toronto. Creative team is Allen Oke (CW) and Scott Couture (AD). Due to issues with my server (see “glossy attacked” posting below) the link to the spots is a tad slow. Please be patient.

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